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1#	$NetBSD: bsd.README,v 1.17 1996/04/13 02:08:08 thorpej Exp $
2#	@(#)bsd.README	5.1 (Berkeley) 5/11/90
3
4This is the README file for the new make "include" files for the BSD
5source tree.  The files are installed in /usr/share/mk, and are, by
6convention, named with the suffix ".mk".
7
8Note, this file is not intended to replace reading through the .mk
9files for anything tricky.
10
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12
13RANDOM THINGS WORTH KNOWING:
14
15The files are simply C-style #include files, and pretty much behave like
16you'd expect.  The syntax is slightly different in that a single '.' is
17used instead of the hash mark, i.e. ".include <bsd.prog.mk>".
18
19One difference that will save you lots of debugging time is that inclusion
20of the file is normally done at the *end* of the Makefile.  The reason for
21this is because .mk files often modify variables and behavior based on the
22values of variables set in the Makefile.  To make this work, remember that
23the FIRST target found is the target that is used, i.e. if the Makefile has:
24
25	a:
26		echo a
27	a:
28		echo a number two
29
30the command "make a" will echo "a".  To make things confusing, the SECOND
31variable assignment is the overriding one, i.e. if the Makefile has:
32
33	a=	foo
34	a=	bar
35
36	b:
37		echo ${a}
38
39the command "make b" will echo "bar".  This is for compatibility with the
40way the V7 make behaved.
41
42It's fairly difficult to make the BSD .mk files work when you're building
43multiple programs in a single directory.  It's a lot easier split up the
44programs than to deal with the problem.  Most of the agony comes from making
45the "obj" directory stuff work right, not because we switch to a new version
46of make.  So, don't get mad at us, figure out a better way to handle multiple
47architectures so we can quit using the symbolic link stuff.  (Imake doesn't
48count.)
49
50The file .depend in the source directory is expected to contain dependencies
51for the source files.  This file is read automatically by make after reading
52the Makefile.
53
54The variable DESTDIR works as before.  It's not set anywhere but will change
55the tree where the file gets installed.
56
57The profiled libraries are no longer built in a different directory than
58the regular libraries.  A new suffix, ".po", is used to denote a profiled
59object.
60
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62
63The include file <sys.mk> has the default rules for all makes, in the BSD
64environment or otherwise.  You probably don't want to touch this file.
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67
68The include file <bsd.man.mk> handles installing manual pages and their
69links.
70
71It has a single target:
72
73	maninstall:
74		Install the manual pages and their links.
75
76It sets/uses the following variables:
77
78MANDIR		Base path for manual installation.
79
80MANGRP		Manual group.
81
82MANOWN		Manual owner.
83
84MANMODE		Manual mode.
85
86MANSUBDIR	Subdirectory under the manual page section, i.e. "/vax"
87		or "/tahoe" for machine specific manual pages.
88
89MAN		The manual pages to be installed (use a .1 - .9 suffix).
90
91MLINKS		List of manual page links (using a .1 - .9 suffix).  The
92		linked-to file must come first, the linked file second,
93		and there may be multiple pairs.  The files are soft-linked.
94
95The include file <bsd.man.mk> includes a file named "../Makefile.inc" if
96it exists.
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99
100The include file <bsd.own.mk> contains source tree configuration parameters,
101such as the owners, groups, etc. for both manual pages and binaries, and
102a few global "feature configuration" parameters.
103
104It has no targets.
105
106To get system-specific configuration parameters, bsd.own.mk will try to
107include the file specified by the "MAKECONF" variable.  If MAKECONF is not
108set, or no such file exists, the system make configuration file, /etc/mk.conf
109is included.  These files may define any of the variables described below.
110
111bsd.own.mk sets the following variables, if they are not already defined
112(defaults are in brackets):
113
114BSDSRCDIR	The real path to the system sources, so that 'make obj'
115		will work correctly. [/usr/src]
116
117BSDOBJDIR	The real path to the system 'obj' tree, so that 'make obj'
118		will work correctly. [/usr/obj]
119
120BINGRP		Binary group. [bin]
121
122BINOWN		Binary owner. [bin]
123
124BINMODE		Binary mode. [555]
125
126NONBINMODE	Mode for non-executable files. [444]
127
128MANDIR		Base path for manual installation. [/usr/share/man/cat]
129
130MANGRP		Manual group. [bin]
131
132MANOWN		Manual owner. [bin]
133
134MANMODE		Manual mode. [${NONBINMODE}]
135
136LIBDIR		Base path for library installation. [/usr/lib]
137
138LINTLIBDIR	Base path for lint(1) library installation. [/usr/libdata/lint]
139
140LIBGRP		Library group. [${BINGRP}]
141
142LIBOWN		Library owner. [${BINOWN}]
143
144LIBMODE		Library mode. [${NONBINMODE}]
145
146DOCDIR		Base path for system documentation (e.g. PSD, USD, etc.)
147	        installation. [/usr/share/doc]
148
149DOCGRP		Documentation group. [bin]
150
151DOCOWN		Documentation owner. [bin]
152
153DOCMODE		Documentation mode. [${NONBINMODE}]
154
155NLSDIR		Base path for National Language Support files installation.
156		[/usr/share/nls]
157
158NLSGRP		National Language Support files group. [bin]
159
160NLSOWN		National Language Support files owner. [bin]
161
162NLSMODE		National Language Support files mode. [${NONBINMODE}]
163
164STRIP		The flag passed to the install program to cause the binary
165		to be stripped.  This is to be used when building your
166		own install script so that the entire system can be made
167		stripped/not-stripped using a single knob. [-s]
168
169COPY		The flag passed to the install program to cause the binary
170		to be copied rather than moved.  This is to be used when
171		building our own install script so that the entire system
172		can either be installed with copies, or with moves using
173		a single knob. [-c]
174
175Additionally, the following variables may be set by bsd.own.mk or in a
176make configuration file to modify the behaviour of the system build
177process (default values are in brackets along with comments, if set by
178bsd.own.mk):
179
180EXPORTABLE_SYSTEM
181		Do not build /usr/src/domestic, even if it is present.
182
183SKEY		Compile in support for S/key authentication. [yes, set
184		unconditionally]
185
186KERBEROS	Compile in support for Kerberos 4 authentication.
187
188KERBEROS5	Compile in support for Kerberos 5 authentication.
189
190MANZ		Compress manual pages at installation time.
191
192SYS_INCLUDE	Copy or symlink kernel include files into /usr/include.
193		Possible values are "symlinks" or "copies" (which is
194		the same as the variable being unset).
195
196NOPROFILE	Do not build profiled versions of system libraries
197
198NOPIC		Do not build PIC versions of system libraries, and
199		do not build shared libraries.  [set if ${MACHINE_ARCH}
200		is "mips", "vax", or "alpha", unset otherwise.]
201
202NOLINT		Do not build lint libraries. [set, set unconditionally]
203
204bsd.own.mk is generally useful when building your own Makefiles so that
205they use the same default owners etc. as the rest of the tree.
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208
209The include file <bsd.prog.mk> handles building programs from one or
210more source files, along with their manual pages.  It has a limited number
211of suffixes, consistent with the current needs of the BSD tree.
212
213It has eight targets:
214
215	all:
216		build the program and its manual page
217	clean:
218		remove the program, any object files and the files a.out,
219		Errs, errs, mklog, and core.
220	cleandir:
221		remove all of the files removed by the target clean, as
222		well as .depend, tags, and any manual pages.
223	depend:
224		make the dependencies for the source files, and store
225		them in the file .depend.
226	includes:
227		install any header files.
228	install:
229		install the program and its manual pages; if the Makefile
230		does not itself define the target install, the targets
231		beforeinstall and afterinstall may also be used to cause
232		actions immediately before and after the install target
233		is executed.
234	lint:
235		run lint on the source files
236	tags:
237		create a tags file for the source files.
238
239It sets/uses the following variables:
240
241BINGRP		Binary group.
242
243BINOWN		Binary owner.
244
245BINMODE		Binary mode.
246
247CLEANFILES	Additional files to remove for the clean and cleandir targets.
248
249COPTS		Additional flags to the compiler when creating C objects.
250
251HIDEGAME	If HIDEGAME is defined, the binary is installed in
252		/usr/games/hide, and a symbolic link is created to
253		/usr/games/dm.
254
255LDADD		Additional loader objects.  Usually used for libraries.
256		For example, to load with the compatibility and utility
257		libraries, use:
258
259			LDADD+=-lutil -lcompat
260
261LDFLAGS		Additional loader flags.
262
263LINKS		The list of binary links; should be full pathnames, the
264		linked-to file coming first, followed by the linked
265		file.  The files are hard-linked.  For example, to link
266		/bin/test and /bin/[, use:
267
268			LINKS=	${DESTDIR}/bin/test ${DESTDIR}/bin/[
269
270MAN		Manual pages (should end in .1 - .9).  If no MAN variable is
271		defined, "MAN=${PROG}.1" is assumed.
272
273PROG		The name of the program to build.  If not supplied, nothing
274		is built.
275
276SRCS		List of source files to build the program.  If PROG is not
277		defined, it's assumed to be ${PROG}.c.
278
279DPADD		Additional dependencies for the program.  Usually used for
280		libraries.  For example, to depend on the compatibility and
281		utility libraries use:
282
283			DPADD+=${LIBCOMPAT} ${LIBUTIL}
284
285		The following libraries are predefined for DPADD:
286
287			LIBC		/lib/libc.a
288			LIBCOMPAT	/usr/lib/libcompat.a
289			LIBCRYPT	/usr/lib/libcrypt.a
290			LIBCURSES	/usr/lib/libcurses.a
291			LIBDBM		/usr/lib/libdbm.a
292			LIBDES		/usr/lib/libdes.a
293			LIBL		/usr/lib/libl.a
294			LIBKDB		/usr/lib/libkdb.a
295			LIBKRB		/usr/lib/libkrb.a
296			LIBKVM		/usr/lib/libkvm.a
297			LIBM		/usr/lib/libm.a
298			LIBMP		/usr/lib/libmp.a
299			LIBPC		/usr/lib/libpc.a
300			LIBPLOT		/usr/lib/libplot.a
301			LIBRPC		/usr/lib/sunrpc.a
302			LIBTERM		/usr/lib/libterm.a
303			LIBUTIL		/usr/lib/libutil.a
304
305SHAREDSTRINGS	If defined, a new .c.o rule is used that results in shared
306		strings, using xstr(1). Note that this will not work with
307		parallel makes.
308
309STRIP		The flag passed to the install program to cause the binary
310		to be stripped.
311
312SUBDIR		A list of subdirectories that should be built as well.
313		Each of the targets will execute the same target in the
314		subdirectories.
315
316The include file <bsd.prog.mk> includes the file named "../Makefile.inc"
317if it exists, as well as the include file <bsd.man.mk>.
318
319Some simple examples:
320
321To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.1, use:
322
323	PROG=	foo
324
325	.include <bsd.prog.mk>
326
327To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.2, add the line:
328
329	MAN=	foo.2
330
331If foo does not have a manual page at all, add the line:
332
333	NOMAN=	noman
334
335If foo has multiple source files, add the line:
336
337	SRCS=	a.c b.c c.c d.c
338
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340
341The include file <bsd.subdir.mk> contains the default targets for building
342subdirectories.  It has the same eight targets as <bsd.prog.mk>: all,
343clean, cleandir, depend, includes, install, lint, and tags.  For all of
344the directories listed in the variable SUBDIRS, the specified directory
345will be visited and the target made.  There is also a default target which
346allows the command "make subdir" where subdir is any directory listed in
347the variable SUBDIRS.
348
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350
351The include file <bsd.sys.mk> is used by <bsd.prog.mk> and
352<bsd.lib.mk>.  It contains overrides that are used when building
353the NetBSD source tree.  For instance, if "PARALLEL" is defined by
354the program/library Makefile, it includes a set of rules for lex and
355yacc that allow multiple lex and yacc targets to be built in parallel.
356
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358
359The include file <bsd.lib.mk> has support for building libraries.  It has
360the same eight targets as <bsd.prog.mk>: all, clean, cleandir, depend,
361includes, install, lint, and tags.  It has a limited number of suffixes,
362consistent with the current needs of the BSD tree.
363
364It sets/uses the following variables:
365
366LIB		The name of the library to build.
367
368LIBDIR		Target directory for libraries.
369
370LINTLIBDIR	Target directory for lint libraries.
371
372LIBGRP		Library group.
373
374LIBOWN		Library owner.
375
376LIBMODE		Library mode.
377
378LDADD		Additional loader objects.
379
380MAN		The manual pages to be installed (use a .1 - .9 suffix).
381
382SRCS		List of source files to build the library.  Suffix types
383		.s, .c, and .f are supported.  Note, .s files are preferred
384		to .c files of the same name.  (This is not the default for
385		versions of make.)
386
387The include file <bsd.lib.mk> includes the file named "../Makefile.inc"
388if it exists, as well as the include file <bsd.man.mk>.
389
390It has rules for building profiled objects; profiled libraries are
391built by default.
392
393Libraries are ranlib'd when made.
394